Everyone was like, "Why do you need to meet someone on Match.com?" My response was, "I certainly don't need to meet more of the same broke, acting class guys that I'd been dating my whole life." I needed to change… — Essence Atkins Copy Share Image
What online dating did was offer me the opportunity to go out with a bunch of different people from different industries; I really didn't… — Essence Atkins Copy Share Image
I like to make Arroz con Gandules, rice with pigeon peas. My husband loves it. It's a Puerto Rican dish my mother taught me. — Essence Atkins Copy Share Image
I attended Professional Children's School in Manhattan because my ballet and modern dance schedules were intensive and had started to interfere with regular school… — Essence Atkins Copy Share Image
Just the desire to play a mom, wanting to play someone actually closer to who I am and where I am in my life.… — Essence Atkins Copy Share Image
I am very happy. Extremely, blissfully so. Even in my pain, I'm happy. I like crying. It makes me feel alive. Challenges, when you're in a tumultuous situation, are an opportunity to grow, an opportunity to get closer to God, an opportunity to find and kind of reform yourself, and to figure out what really matters and what your priorities… — Essence Atkins Copy Share
When I look in the mirror, what do I see? I see a strong, independent, working woman who is very much in love and… — Essence Atkins Copy Share Image
Challenges, when you're in a tumultuous situation, are an opportunity to grow, an opportunity to get closer to God, an opportunity to find and… — Essence Atkins Copy Share Image
After 35, I felt like I'd been in these relationships; some were great, some weren't so great, but they weren't right partnerships. — Essence Atkins Copy Share Image
Reality TV is really just based for sensationalism. So, it's extreme versions and extreme caricatures of personalities. — Essence Atkins Copy Share Image
Everyone was like, "Why do you need to meet someone on Match.com?" My response was, "I certainly don't need to meet more of the… — Essence Atkins Copy Share Image
